Mole exterminator

ABSTRACT

A mole exterminator including a ground piercing rod adapted to be forced into the ground intersecting a mole run. A recess in the rod is provided for holding a razor blae secured thereto by a machine screw. The razor blade is arranged with its cutting edges parallel to the axis of the rod and the rod is forced into the ground to a depth which will position the razor blade centrally of the mole run. The mole, upon contacting the razor blade, will become lacerated and will bleed to death.

O United States Patent 1 [111 3,736,692 Stone, Jr. [451 June 5, 1973[54] MOLE EXTERMINATOR FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS Inventor: Jam sM- Stone, J Nacogdoches, 526,751 3 1954 Belgium ..43 77 Tex.

Primar Examiner-Louis G. Mancene F d: t. 29 1971 y [22] 0c Attorney-Hyman Berman, Stanford W. Berman, 1 pp1- 1 Theodore Bisoff [57]ABSTRACT Cell .xaigugggz) A mole exterminator including a groundpiercing rod Fieid 58 80 64 adapted to be forced into the groundintersecting a 3 mole run. A recess in the rod is provided for holding arazor blae secured thereto by a machine screw. The razor blade isarranged with its cutting edges parallel [56] References Cited to theaxis of the rod and the rod is forced into the UNITED STATES PATENTSground to a depth which will position the razor blade centrally of themole run. The mole, upon contacting X331? the razor blade, will becomelacerated and will bleed 1:717:279 6/1929 Terry ..43 1 to death-2,534,699 12/1950 Courter ..43/80 4 Claims 3 Drawing Figures 1 MOLEEXTERMINATOR BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention Thepresent invention relates to mole exterminators for causing the mole tobleed to death.

2. Description of the Prior Art Prior art mole exterminators consistchiefly of devices which are forced into the ground and which arepresumed to be triggered by the mole passing thereunder to release abattery of spikes which penetrate the ground and hopefully the molesbody. Devices of this kind are illustrated in US. Pat. Nos. 1,194,239,issued Aug. 8, 1916; 2,086,826, issued July 13, 1937; 2,385,875, issuedOct. 2, 1945; and 3,013,358, issued Dec. 19, 1961. The mole, thriving inmost regions of the United States, is a pest. l-le destroys plants andcrops by eating the seeds before they come up and by eating the roots ofyoung vegetation. A large number of moles in the yard, garden or pasturecan create a barren land.

The mole, unlike his closest cousin the gopher, is a very intelligentanimal, and cannot be successfully poisoned by poison seeds or grain ortrapped in any traps now on the market. There is a successful gophertrap, being a push-in type of trap that fits into the gopher run andwhen the gopher finds the trap in his run, he pushes against a plunger,which releases prongs that stick into the gopher, but this trap worksvery poorly, if at all, on moles. The mole, when he finds a trap in hisrun, simply digs around it. The mole trap commonly on the market is onewhich fits on top of the surface of the ground and when the molegoesthrough his run, he pushes against a plunger that sets on top of theground, releasing an array of ice pick type prongs which plunge into theground to stick into the mole, hopefully. This type of trap is expensiveand works only on very few occasions since the mole, when it feels thepressure against its back, reverses itself, and simply goes around thetrap.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A sharpened rod is provided with a knob on itsupper end and has a recss intermediate its upper and lower ends toreceive a safety razor blade. The blade is secured to the rod by a capscrew which is threaded into a threaded bore in the rod.

The rod is inserted in the ground through a mole run to a point wherethe razor blade is centrally positioned in the mole run to contact thenose of the mole as it moves forward in the run. The nose being cut themole then bleeds to death.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a mole exterminatorwhich lacerates the mole to cause it to bleed to death.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the followingspecification and considered in the light of the attached drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side elevation of theinvention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the invention; and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary exploded perspective illustrating the connectionof the razor blade to the rod.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings indetail wherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughoutthe several figures, the reference numeral 10 indicates generally a moleexterminator constructed in accordance with the invention.

The mole exterminator 10 includes an elongate metallic rod 11 sharpenedto a point 12 at its lower end.

The rod 11 has a knob-type handle 13 secured to its upper end forpressing the rod 11 into the ground, for pulling it out of the groundand as an indicator for the rod to increase its visibility to thusprevent persons from tripping thereover.

An elongate recess 14 is formed in the rod 11 parallel to the axisthereof. A threaded bore 15 opens centrally of the recess 14 and extendscompletely through the rod 11. The end walls of the recess 14 taperinwardly to form a pair of overhanging lips 16, 17, as can be seenclearly in FIG. 3. A conventional double-edged razor blade 18 ispositioned in the recess 14 with its upper and lower ends engaged by theoverhanging lips 16, 17. A cap screw 19 extends through the razor blade18 into the threaded bore 15 to secure the razor blade 18 rigidly to therod 11. The cutting edges 20, 21 on the razor blade 18 are arrangedparallel to the axis of the rod 1 1.

In the use and operation of the invention, the rod 11 is inserted intothe ground generally indicated at 22, piercing a mole run generallyindicated at 23. The rod is forced into the ground until the razor blade18 is positioned within the mole run 23 with the edges 20, 21 of therazor blade 18 pointing axially of the mole run 23.

The blind mole in traveling the same mole run day after day will come incontact with the razor blade and lacerate his nose and will then bleedto death. It is important in using the mole exterminator that the molerun be undisturbed as much as possible and that the dirt above the molerun not be caved into the run near the exterminator.

Having thus described a preferred embodiment of the invention, it shouldbe understood that numerous structural modifications and adaptations maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

l. A mole exterminator comprising a ground piercing rod, a knob handleon the upper end of said rod, a double edged razor blade secured to saidrod for position ing in a mole run to be contacted by the mole travelingtherein, an elongate slot in one side of said rod with said razor bladeengaged in said slot, and overhanging lips at the upper and lower endsof said slot for engaging the upper and lower ends of said razor blade.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cutting edges of therazor blade are arranged parallel to the axis of the rod.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein means are provided forreleasably securing said razor blade in said slot.

4. A device as claimed in claim 3 wherein the means for releasablysecuring said blade in said slot comprises a bolt threaded intosaid rodintermediate the upper and lower ends of said slot with said boltextending centrally through said razor blade.

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1. A mole exterminator comprising a ground piercing rod, a knob handleon the upper end of said rod, a double edged razor blade secured to saidrod for positioning in a mole run to be contacted by the mole travelingtherein, an elongate slot in one side of said rod with said razor bladeengaged in said slot, and overhanging lips at the upper and lower endsof said slot for engaging the upper and lower ends of said razor blade.2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cutting edges of therazor blade are arranged parallel to the axis of the rod.
 3. A device asclaimed in claim 1, wherein means are provided for releasably securingsaid razor blade in said slot.
 4. A device as claimed in claim 3 whereinthe means for releasably securing said blade in said slot comprises abolt threaded into said rod intermediate the upper and lower ends ofsaid slot with said bolt extending centrally through said razor blade.